Device for increasing the organic action of the blood



.(No Model.) 7 J. RICE.

DEVICE FOR-INCREASING THB QRGANIO ACTION OF THE BLOOD,

. 0R MEDICAL MANIPU'LATOR. No. 285,160. Patented Sept. 18, 1883..

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES RICE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

DEVICE FOR INCREASING THE ORGANIC ACTION OF THE BLOOD, 0R MEDICALMANIPULATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,160, datedSeptember 18, 1883.

' I Application filed June 9, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES RIcE,of Detroit, in the county of Wayne andState of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in MedicalManipulators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and eXact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing,- which forms a part of this specification.

p This invention relatesto certain new and useful improvements in theconstruction of medical manipulators, by means of which an elasticcompression can be produced upon various parfsof the human system.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofthe various parts, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing the device is shown with one of the similarjaws of the clamp uncovered. This device, so far as its operating partsare concerned, resembles in structure the two-screw clamp, such as isordinarily used by mechanics, except as I will now explain.

A represents the fixed jaw,sleeved up on the screwB in such manner asnot to interfere with the free rotation of such screw; 0 is the otherjaw, through which the screw B is threaded, as well as the screw D, forthe purpose of adjusting the jaws in their relative position in thewell-known manner. Both these jaws, from the point a in the immediatefront of the screw B, are preferably made wider than the other parts ofthe jaw, and thinner, tapering toward the point, in order to give anelasticity at this end of the jaws, which does not occur in thecarpenters clamp, where rigidity of I these parts is necessary forsuccessful operation. To prevent pain to the patient in the applicationof this device upon more tender 0 parts of the body, I sleeve upon theelastic part of each of these jaws a cushion, E.

This device will be found of great benefit,

when properly applied and manipulated, in

producing more efficient action in the differ- 5 cut organs of the body,in drawing blood from one portion of the system to another, by beingsecurely clamped upon that portion of the system to which it is desiredto produce the action and draw the blood, and using the clamp as ahandle, so to speak, producing a violent action of the contact parts,which will cause the blood to center at such points, therebyrelieving't-he other parts where there may be dan ger arising from asurplus of blood, and in all cases facilitating the cure of the patientwhere organic action of the blood and its circulation "are the factorsnecessary to be brought into play.

What I claim as my invention is 1. An adjustable medicalmanipulator,substantially as described, and provided wit-helastic jaws,substantially as and for the purposes set forth. I

2. In combination with the spring-jaws of a medical manipulatorconstructed substantially as described, the removable cushions sleevedthereon, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JAMES RICE.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SoULLY.

